Edited by two leading scholars who have been instrumental in the shaping of current thinking in the field of regional and industrial economics, this volume brings together a range of theoretical and empirical contributions that analyze and explain distinct patterns of regional development, and the successes and failures in this regard, across the world. A mixture of theoretical insights and empirical and comparative evidence, it links these findings to on-going policy debates that attempt to understand the success and ...
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Edited by two leading scholars who have been instrumental in the shaping of current thinking in the field of regional and industrial economics, this volume brings together a range of theoretical and empirical contributions that analyze and explain distinct patterns of regional development, and the successes and failures in this regard, across the world. A mixture of theoretical insights and empirical and comparative evidence, it links these findings to on-going policy debates that attempt to understand the success and failure of distinct regions through particular models of institutions and patterns of governance. International in appeal and scope, this book is an invaluable tool for students of all levels studying economics, economic geography, regional development, development studies, international business, international political economy, development sociology and public administration.
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New. "Edited by two leading scholars who have been instrumental in the shaping of current thinking in the field of regional and industrial economics, this volume brings together a range of theoretical and empirical contributions that analyze and explain distinct patterns of regional development, and the successes and failures in this regard, across the world.
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New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 360 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Line drawings, black & white, Tables, black & white. Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies, 33.
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Very Good with no dust jacket. 0415771188. Corner bumps, light edgewear, otherwise slight wear. Crisp hardcover.; Contents: Region-centric concepts of development; The regional question in economic development / Allen J. Scott, Gioacchino Garofoli; Endogenous development: analytical and policy issues / Antonio Vazquez-Barquero; Regional development in the Middle East and Africa; The Arab world: the role of regional production systems in catch-up and convergence / Abdelkader Sid Ahmed; The dynamics of territorial development in Morocco / Nacer El Kadiri, Jean Lapeze; Kenya's garment and metal industries: global and local realities / Dorothy McCormick; Regions and development in mixed economies; Promise and peril: regional development in China's Pearl River delta and the northeast / Shahid Yusuf; Industrial clusters in China: the low road versus the high road in cluster development / Jici Wang; The production organization of the automobile and motorcycle industries in Vietnam / Thi Bich Van Ho; Technology-intensive clusters in emerging economies; Contrasting regimes of regional development: the telecommunications equipment industry and computer software industry in India / Balaji Parthasarathy; Clusters and regional industrial synergies: the electronics industry in Penang and Jalisco / Rajah Rasiah; Cluster-based strategies for development; Policy-making for local production systems in Brazil / Wilson Suzigan, Joao Furtado, Renato Garcia; Regional development and cluster management: lessons from South Africa / Mike Morris, Justin Barnes; Regional development and global value chains; Knowledge, obsolescence, and product segmentation / Isaac Minian; Regional systems and global chains / Hubert Schmitz.; Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies; Vol. 33; xii, 346 pages.